Carriage-body



No. 624,937. Patented, May is, I899. a. H. HOLTZMANN.

CARRIAGE BODY.

(Application filed my. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES GEORGE H. I-IOLTZMANN,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARRIAG E-B ODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,937, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed March 16, 1899- ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle-bodies; and 'it consists-in the novel combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal longitudinal section taken through a carriage-body constructed according to my invention, showing one of the doors thereof completely open. Fig. 2 is a detail section showing one of the upper hinges. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the front of the body, showing the manner in which the hinge is attached thereto. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of one of the lower hinges. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the upper edge of the forward end of the body, showing a member of the coupling secured thereto for removably holding the front of the body in position. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the upper edge of the detachable front, showing the opposite member of the coupling. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal cross-section taken on the line a; a; of Fig. 11. Fig. 8 is an end view of one of the couplings or that carried by the body. Fig. 9 is a similar view of the coupling carried by the detachable front wall. Fig. 10 is a detail plan view of the locking device which I employ to securely hold the detachable front wall in position.

Fig. 11 is a side view of the same; and Fig. 12-is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the roof of the body and the upper Serial No- 709,382. (No model.)

A further object is to provide the body when closed with doors, hinged in such a relation thereto that a sufficient amount of space will be presented for access into or egress from the carriage when such doors are opened, and, further, the latter when opened will not interfere with the shafts or other parts of the vehicle.

The invention presents advantages other than above stated, which will be apparent from the detail description of the same now to follow.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the carriage-body, which is of the usual design and is provided with a detachable front wall 2, which is held in'its proper position with respect to said body and top'of the same,-between which it is interposed by the fastening devices now to be described.

Secured to the roof and upper edge of the front of the carriage-body and centrally located are castings or plates 3, having V- shaped depressions formed therein, the widest portions of said depressions opening from the front of the vehicle and secured to the upper and lower edges of the detachable wall 2, and also centrally located are two plates 4:, which are provided with V-shaped lugs 5, which are adapted to receive by the V-shaped depressions'formed in the plates 3 when the parts are united, whereby said front wall is rigidly held against lateral movement.

, In order to prevent the front wall 2 from moving outwardly, hook-shaped plates G are secured to the inner front wall of the carriage-body and the vertical wall of the top, respectively, and movably secured to the inside surface of said front wall adjacent to the upper and lower edges thereof are two latches 7, which are adapted to cooperate with the hook-shaped plates 6 in a manner as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the said latches being each provided with a lip 8, which operates as a means for manipulating the same and further form a locking device for said latches.

When it is desired to remove thefront wall 7 are moved in a direction as shown by the arrow in Fig. 10, whereby they will be released from engagement with the hook-shaped plates 6 and said front permitted to be moved outwardly, whereby the V-shaped lugs will be moved out of the V-shaped depressions formed in the plates 3. j

Secured to the front surface of the detachable wall '2, adjacent to the upper and lower edges thereof and centrally located, are two short plates 9, the ends of which form one member of a hinge, the other member extending rom said plate 9 across the front of the detachable front 2, the opposite ends of the members 10 being movably attached to the doors ll, whereby said doors are hinged to the front wall 2 and are adapted to open and closein the position shown in Fig. 1.

As usually found in all carriages or Vehicle-bodies, the bottoms of the same are somewhat narrower than the top or roof of the same, and consequently the front wallrmust necessarily conform to said shape as well as the doors, and for this reason it is necessary to hinge the said doors to the outer ends of the members 10 of the hinges in a manner new to be described, whereby the said doors, notwithstanding their curvature, as well as the front wall will always move in a horizontal plane.

The outer ends of the members 10 of the lower hinges are bent inwardly, as shown at 12, Fig. 4, and an angular plate 13 secured to the lower corner of the door 11, whereby the knuckle of that portion of the hinge will be located on the inside, the upper knuckle for the upper hinges also being formed by the angular plate 14, secured to the door, and the outer end of the member 10 of the upper hinge; but said knuckle in this instance is located on the outside, which will give the desired result and always hold the door in a horizontal plane to the body of the Vehicle during the operation of opening the same.

Secured to the outer and inner surfaces of the rail 15, which forms a portion of the top of the vehicle, are L-shaped bars 16, which form a guide 17 for receiving and guiding the guide-plate 18, having opposite curved sides 19, said guide-plate being secured to a stem 20, forming a part of a plate 21, the latter being secured to the upper edge of the door, whereby the said door is always guided and further supported in all of its movements and positions, the curved surfaces or edges 19 of the guide-plate 18 allowing for the slight lateral movement of the door when operated.

If found desirable, a guide may also be employed for the bottom of the movable doors, which will further operate to hold the same in a very rigid position when the same are operated.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts as herein shown and described, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my of the remaining parts comprising the Vehicle.

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that the members 10 of the hinges may belocated on the inside of the carriagebody, one end of which wouldiin this instance be attached to the front wallof the body adjacent to its vertical edge and having its opposite end movably attached to the door or inner surface thereof about its medial portion, whereby practically the same result will be obtained.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A carriage-body, a detachable front for the same, means for locking the same in its proper position, hinges secured to the said detachable front wall adjacent to the upper and lower ends thereof, movable side doors, the outer ends of said hinges being secured to the edges of said doors, and forming knuckles where they unite, the upper knuckles being located on the outside of the doors and the lower on the inside of said doors, and means for holding and guiding the said doors, as and for the purpose described.

2. In a carriage-body, a plate secured to the upper edges of a movable door, a stud forming a part of the same, a guide-plate secured to the upper end ofsaid stud, and having opposite curved sides, and .L-shaped bars secured to the opposite sides of the member of the roof forming a guide for the said guideplate, as and for the purpose described.

3. In a carriage-body, plates secured to the upper edge of the front wall of the body proper, and roof respectively, V-shaped depressions formed in said plates, a detachable front wall, plates secured to the upper and lower edges thereof, V-shaped lugs forming a part of said plates and adapted to be received by said depressions, and means for further locking said front in rigid position, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a carriage-body, plates secured to the upper edge of the front wall of the body proper, and roof respectively, V-shaped depressions formed in said plates, a detachable front wall, plates secured to the upper ,and lower edges thereof, V-shaped lugs forming a part of said plates and adapted to be received by said depressions, hook-shaped plates secured to the said body, and top respectively, and latches movably secured to the inner surface of the detachable front wall, and adapted to cooperate with said hook-shaped plates, as and for the purpose described.

5. In a carriage-body, comprising a detachable front wall, movable doors and hinges secured to the medial portion of said front wall,

and having their opposite members arms attached to the said doors, and adapted to come IIO l in contact with the outer surface of said front I0 are opened, the inner surfaces thereof will follow in a line close or adjacent to the opposite vertical edges of the said front Wall, sub

stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE H. HOLTZMANN.

Witnesses:

H. A. UHL, G. F. KELLER. 

